DAILY MANIFESTO

The Download December 6th, 2012

Posted on Thursday, December 6 @ 18:25:00 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

There's no secret that I'm more excited about one particular iOS release this week, but before I can dive in, I have to clear some room on my memory card. You get 8GBs and you think it's enough, and then BAM! Your full. Then you get a 16GB card, forget where you put the 8GB card and then the next thing you know the 16 GB is full too. When does it end?!

Nintendo eShop

If you've got a fever and the only thing that'll cure it is more FIFA Soccer, then the eShop has you covered this week. Alongside the demo for this year's footsy baller simulation are a handful of 3DS additions.

EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13 - Wii U - Demo
Fractured Soul - 3DS
New Super Mario Bros 2 DLC: Platinum Panic Pack and Coin Challenge Pack C - 3DS
Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition - 3DS
Murder on the Titanic - 3DS
Christmas Wonderland 2 - 3DS
Crystal Adventure - 3DS
Virtual Console: BurgerTime - Wii

Xbox Live Arcade

Only one game lands on Xbox Live Arcade this week, but that doesn't new apps aren't coming along with it!

Guardians of Middle-earth - 360 - 1200 MSP ($15)
Rhapsody - 360 - FREE
Blip.TV - 360 - FREE

OK, that was still a pretty boring update.

PlayStation Network

This week's PlayStation Store Update is once again set upon by the nightmares of the sea. Once again? This is the first time BioShock 2 has gone free to PlayStation Plus Subscribers! Maybe the pressure got to my head.

BioShock 2 - PS3 - PS+
Mass Effect Trilogy - PS3 - $59.99
Rockstar Games Collection Edition 1 - PS3 - $59.99
Mass Effect - PS3 - $14.99
Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition - PS3 - $29.99
Guardians of Middle Earth - PS3 - $14.99
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus - PS3 - $14.99
Page Chronica - PS3 - $10.99
Rotastic - PS3 - $9.99
Uncharted: Fight For Fortune Card Game - Vita - $4.99
DJMax Technica Tune - Vita - $44.99

For more details on this week's PlayStation Store Update, don't forget to check our partners in crime, PlayStation Lifestyle.

Steam

Head into the jungle with the superior PC verison of Far Cry 3. Seriously, it's beautiful, but we've lost Anthony in that and Skyrim this week. If you see him can you send him back to us?

Karateka - PC - $8.99
Afterfall Insanity Extended Edition - PC - $14.99
Forge - PC - $19.99
Far Cry 3 - PC - $49.99
AirBucaneers - PC - $14.99
Primordia - PC - $9.99
Triple Town - $7.99
Arctic Combat - PC - F2P

iOS/Android App of the Week

I'm incredibly excited to play Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition. Even if the digital controls are horrible, it's amazing to me that this experience could possibly follow me around on my phone wherever I go. My 14 year-old self is bursting, Jerry! I'm bursting!

Vice City, for those of you who don't know, centers around Tommy Vercetti and the antics he finds himself in, but perhaps the more important star is the time and place itself. A parody of 1980s Miami as thorough and dedicated as any you'll ever find. Cruise the strip on a PCJ and just let the soundtrack take you back in time.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - 10th Anniversary Edition - iOS - $4.99

Tags: The Download, XBLA, PSN, eshop, PC, steam

Comments

Bras
Joined: Jul 2008

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
I'm wondering if Karateka is any good, has anyone played it?

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Nope. I have no idea what that game is.

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zanzibarmcfate
Joined: Oct 2011

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 11:06 pm
It's Jordan Mechner's (the guy who created the original Prince of Persia) breakout game, released back in 1984. It's supposed to be a fighting game combined with platforming elements. (I have never played the game, so I don't know how it works.)

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Ivory_Soul
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
I read some reviews. It seems to be very boring and repetitive.

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Sourdeez
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Vice city for $5! yes!

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Yeah not bad for all that game. And it looks great too.

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drathbone
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Gotta download the demo of LOTR MOBA. Hope it's as cool as it looks.

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Noritama
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
I should give a fair shout out to Forge. I've heard nothing but good things about it. All Hail project Greenlight.

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sandineyes
Joined: May 2008

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
I don't know Daniel, I thought the Xbox GTA collection had annoying controls because of the lack of L1/R1, which made it really had to do drive-by shootings. Now imagine trying to do that by sliding your fingers on glass.

Also, "digital controls"? I do not think that means what you think it means. Although it might work in the sense that "digit" refers to fingers, and fingers are what you use to manipulate a touch device.

And one more thing: second to last paragraph you write "I'm incredibly __ to play". Might want to fill that in with "excited", "loath", or "aroused" as applicable.

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sandineyes
Joined: May 2008

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
"which made it really HARD to do drive-by shootings". Foolish me, looks like my inner grammar Nazi needs an inner proofreading Nazi. Also makes two unexpectedly erotic comments.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Dec 6th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Yes, excited, but I still mean digital controls. Touch-screen controls? Is that clearer?

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moretokes
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Dec 7th, 2012 at 10:12 am
Vice city on android or iOS allows you to remap controls and change the size of buttons... You can close the app anytime and it will pick up from where you left off (no need to save ). They also added a retry I you fail a mission and you start off with whatever you had the during your pAst try. Gta 3 didn't have cheats but you never lose your weapons, besides I know where all the hidden items are in that game anyway

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TurinAlexander
Joined: Sep 2006

Posted: Dec 7th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
If you all like free stuff, EA is being uncharacteristically generous (in a way that costs them absolutely no money). They are giving away all of the bonus promotional stuff for both Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. You can get it for PC, PS3, and 360 (or all three if you want). Go here: http :/ / social.bioware.com/da2/dlc_bundle/ (without the extra spaces) and claim your free stuff. You do have to have an EA account with the DA:O and DA2 registered for it to work though.

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